Theological Speculation in Irenaeus:

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" Theological Speculation in Irenaeus: "
Anthony Briggman

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085456
Doc. No	:	LA129085
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341293‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Anthony Briggman
Title & Author	:	Theological Speculation in Irenaeus: [Article] : Perils and Possibilities\ Anthony Briggman
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Vigiliae Christianae
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	71/2
Page No	:	175–198
Abstract	:	For over seventy years scholars have accepted the reading advanced by T.-A. Audet, R.M. Grant, and W.R. Schoedel that Irenaeus of Lyons was strictly opposed to causal speculation. This article challenges their reading and offers one of its own. I contend that Irenaeus argues for a differentiated knowledge of terrestrial and celestial matters, such that some things are known while others are not. This differentiation of knowledge encompasses questions of causation. Irenaeus, I argue, was not just concerned about the perils of theological speculation but also its possibilities. For over seventy years scholars have accepted the reading advanced by T.-A. Audet, R.M. Grant, and W.R. Schoedel that Irenaeus of Lyons was strictly opposed to causal speculation. This article challenges their reading and offers one of its own. I contend that Irenaeus argues for a differentiated knowledge of terrestrial and celestial matters, such that some things are known while others are not. This differentiation of knowledge encompasses questions of causation. Irenaeus, I argue, was not just concerned about the perils of theological speculation but also its possibilities.
Descriptor	:	economic theology
Descriptor	:	Empiricism
Descriptor	:	Irenaeus of Lyons
Descriptor	:	Scepticism
Descriptor	:	theological speculation
Descriptor	:	Trinitarian theology
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341293‬